As if we need any more reasons to love Natalie Portman! Now the Oscar-nominated starlet is teaming with Free The Children to help celebrate the power of girls, and she's asking for your help! Did you know that around the globe over 60 percent of the children out of school are girls? For girls living in poverty, access to education not only opens doors to a brighter future, but it also betters their community. So Free The Children along with Natalie Portman recently launched an international initiative to shed some light on the issue of female education.

"With women comprising 70 per cent of the world's poor, investing in the education of girls is one of the best ways to end the cycle of poverty," said Natalie Portman. "I'm thrilled to be working with Free The Children and excited to see the ways in which youth through out North America and the U.K will be able to help send girls to school in Kenya, bringing them one step closer to their dreams."

From now until May 1st, the Power of a Girl campaign is encouraging young girls, between the ages of 13 to 21 in North America and the U.K., to sign up online and raise funds for Kisaruni, Free The Children's new all-girls' secondary school in Kenya. The top five fundraisers will be chosen as finalists and asked to submit an entry about why they think it's important to empower girls through education. And if you're chosen as the winner, you can look forward to a pretty amazing prize pack, which includes Natalie Portman's colorful Rodarte dress from the AFI premier of Black Swan and even the opportunity to travel to Kenya on a "Me to We" trip during the summer of 2011! We can't think of a better way to spend a summer than helping empower girls halfway around the world. And did we mention that Natalie's Rodarte dress is super cute?

Take the initiative today and sign up here (here) to help girls around the world get the education they deserve. Tell us your thoughts on this program in the comments section below!